Oops!

[GeeBee]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/two-boats-collide-in-chesapeake-one-rides-over-top-of-the-other/2018/08/18/0a91394e-a29b-11e8-83d2-70203b8d7b44_story.html?utm_term=.07c9e61c409e I'm thinking the power boat has a liability problem

 

[Radioactive]

Methinks you are on the right track. That's a helluva way to reef the main.

Glad there ere no ( physical ) injuries, but that has got to shake up your psyche a bit.

 

[PascalG]

Charter boat with a licensed captain at the helm...

Always a worry when sailing as at 5 kts there isn’t much we can do if some idiot isn’t paying attention and bearing down on us at speed

 

[Golfman25]

A witness is in a sea ray forum. Nobody really knows what happened. They think the sail boat unexpectedly tacked into their path and the captain couldn't react fast enough. Pretty wild.

 

[cwms]

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Originally posted by Golfman25

A witness is in a sea ray forum. Nobody really knows what happened. They think the sail boat unexpectedly tacked into their path and the captain couldn't react fast enough. Pretty wild.

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If that is the case, shame on the sailboat captain, but I still blame the powerboat captain. If he couldn't react fast enough, he was too close to begin with.

 

[PascalG]

In open water there is no reason to pass that close to another vessel.

 

[Sandy]

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Originally posted by PascalG

In open water there is no reason to pass that close to another vessel.

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Spot on!

But we see it all the time. Well,... not quite THAT close.

Now they have a motorsailer together. Hope no one was seriously hurt & I expect that would have been mentioned.

 

[j-d]

SIXTEEN boating deaths on Chesapeake alone already this year! This with "licensed operator" We must expect better.

 

[pdecat]

Close passing in open water happens frequently especially as people use chart plotters and auto pilots. Stupid but thats just the fact. Not much fog around here but I expect it can be really exciting these days.